YIELD7

Bass and that Woooaauugghhh!: Tim (2) Jaksch. (Melbourne)
Drums and that's all: Michael (Lupo) Schweiger (Linz)
5 Strings and Oesophagus: Tim Boykett (Perth)
Polishing the old Turt: Kevin Rich (GB)

Herstory

Yield7 deeply want to believe that they are from another planet. Quite possibly they are. A planet where pure noise is loved as the sound of nature and a benelovent government grants every person a high-horsepower motor vehicle to cruise vast empty spaces at large velocity, massive G-forces on corners and wind blowing in the open window.
It has taken them some time to reach this conclusion. Though this is Tim2's first band, Lupo and Tim have been attempting to reach their true roots for many years using musical methods. Inherent Obscurity, based in Steyr in Upper Austria, was Lupo's tool for attempting to regain his herstory. Only an out-of-print cassette marks their passing. Different directions and ideas cristallizing out of the first tries got stronger than the cohesive powers - expansion with less density came somehow to a state of almost zero traction. But all members who joined that not common trio are still working and delivering new ways of expression and communication. Tim's activities are somewhat more pointless, as he wandered from one musical endeavour to another. Starting with the Swamp Monsters, a garage pop-punk band from Perth, Western Australia, after a massively overproduced EP ``Introducing The..'', a rather nice bunch of touring vast distances (obviously an influence from his pre-Earth days) and some other miscellaneous nonsense, he gave up on the nice-boy approach. Then followed T-Roll, starting as an art-rock experiment it degenerated into wailing noise laid over dance rhythm drums and an unstoppable rolling thunder of bass. Tim obviously had some inkling as to his true roots as the band toured more, released a cassette "Optimism" (1990) and the album "Beware Overhead Live God" (1991) via the TTT label in Perth. Still this wasn't the truth. Hitting Austria in late 1991, Tim joined Tom's Lesion and continued his search for absolutes, this time without the hindrance of a guitar. The Lesion released some sampler tracks, and a split live album (called "Live", duh!) on the Brefkas Ready label based in Vienna. The band haven't died yet, but life is not very apparent. Finally 1994 led to the birth of Yield7 and it became apparent: driving, lesbianism and noise were the only necessities.

Yield7 have the following specimens for chemical analysis:

• "Red Baby" Tape Demo, 1995, live and studio recordings at KAPU.
• "Cosmic Dance" Tape Demo, 1996, new live and studio recordings.
• KAPU Sampler. "Hunting and Gathering". release Date: 15 May 1996.
• EKH Sampler. Unknown track, Release date 28 June 1996.
• First CD (D.I.Y.) "VAPOURLOCK" release: Okt. 1996. (distr: TROST (A) & NOISEWORKS REC. LOISELAB (D))
• New Demo 97' contains 1 16 track audio recorded song "GREAT MEN" plus additional live-cuts from our Spring 97' Tour (cuts from ARENA wien 29/04/97 and Duncker berlin 09/05/97